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Southern Mutual donates $10,000 to SCBC for disaster relief

On Nov. 11, representatives from Southern Mutual Church Insurance Co. presented a check for $10,000 to the South Carolina Baptist Convention for disaster relief. Pictured, from left: SCBC executive director-treasurer Gary Hollingsworth, SCBC disaster relief operations manager Sue Harmon,... Continue Reading »

Two pastors vie for office of SCBC president-elect

Pastors Bart Kelley and Marshall Blalock will be nominated for president-elect of the South Carolina Baptist Convention at the denomination’s annual meeting Nov. 15-16 at Riverland Hills Baptist Church in Columbia. The president-elect will serve a one-year term and... Continue Reading »

State CP giving remains ahead of 2015 pace

Cooperative Program gifts received by the South Carolina Baptist Convention continue to run ahead of last year’s pace, according to information released by Pam Carroll, SCBC chief financial officer. At the three-quarter mark for fiscal 2016, churches had forwarded... Continue Reading »

Bryant Sims to be nominated for SCBC first VP

Bryant Sims, pastor of First Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Greenwood, will be nominated for first vice president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention when church messengers convene Nov. 15-16 in Columbia for their annual meeting. Sims, who currently... Continue Reading »

SCBC Executive Board approves budget, looks to future of ministry in South Carolina

The South Carolina Baptist Convention’s Executive Board adopted a $28.5 million budget for 2017 at its one-day fall board meeting Oct. 18 in Columbia. The board meeting was rescheduled from Oct. 10-11 because of a statewide focus on disaster... Continue Reading »

Blythewood church member to be included as trustee nominee for Baptist Foundation

Donna Thompson, a member of Cedar Creek Baptist Church in Blythewood, has been added to a group of nominees who will be considered as trustees for the Baptist Foundation of South Carolina when messengers to the South Carolina Baptist... Continue Reading »

State Baptists respond to South Carolinians affected by Hurricane Matthew

From the South Carolina Baptist Convention website: South Carolina Baptists are responding to meet needs in the name of Christ after the hurricane. All Disaster Relief units are on ALERT to respond, as we expect to be engaged with... Continue Reading »

From SCBC Disaster Relief: Preparing for Hurricane Matthew

From the South Carolina Baptist Convention website: On this anniversary week of the 2015 flood, our state is preparing for impact from Hurricane Matthew. Storm surge will be significant, and is the most dangerous aspect of a hurricane’s effects... Continue Reading »

‘Stepping up’: Baptists embrace mission to ‘RebuildSC’ after historic 2015 floods

Twelve months ago, when a historic “thousand-year flood” devastated lives from Columbia to the coast, Randy Creamer vowed that Baptists would be involved in the relief effort for the long haul. “This will be a marathon, not a 100-yard... Continue Reading »

As Matthew looms, South Carolinians join Baptist units on standby

Writers: Barbara Denman and Art Toalston Florida Baptist disaster relief volunteers are on standby for the potential impact of Hurricane Matthew along Florida’s Atlantic Coast. Baptist DR leaders in Georgia and South Carolina, meanwhile, also are monitoring the hurricane’s... Continue Reading »

NewSpring interim pastor, SCBC leaders call for unity in advancing the Gospel

The interim pastor of NewSpring Church and leaders of the South Carolina Baptist Convention came together in prayer Sept. 22 in a public display of unity for the cause of taking the Gospel to lost people. At the “Impact:... Continue Reading »

SCBC Committee Reports

SCBC releases reports from Committee on Committees, Nominations Committee; announces 2017 Committee on Committee membership

View the 2016 Committee on Committees Report of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. View the 2016 Nominations Committee Report. View the 2017 Committee on Committees Membership List.

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